Question | Answer |
Imperialism | the policy which strong nations extend their political, military and economic control over weaker territories |
Extractive Economy | ecomony in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to beneift its own economy |
Social Darwinism | the beleif that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive |
Yellow Press | newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership |
Jingoism | aggressive nationalism |
Rough Riders | rugged westerners and upper-classmen who relished what Roosevelt called the "strenuous life" |
Treaty of Paris | ended the war |
Insurrection | rebellion against U.S. rule |
Guerrilla Warfare | a form of non-traditional warfare generally involving small bounds of fighters to attack behind American lines |
Spheres of Influence | a region dominated and controled by an outside power |
Boxer Rebellion | violence started by members of a secret society in China |
Open Door Policy | american statement that the govt did not want colonies in china |
Gentelmen's Agreement | the school board pledged to end its segregation policy |
Great White Fleet | the Presd. who won congressional support for a new force of navy ships |
Foraker Act | established a civil govt. in Puerto Rico |
Platt Amendment | restricted rights of newly ind. Cubans and effectively brought the island within the U.S. sphere |
"big stick" diplomacy | Roosevelts policy of creating and using a strong military to acheieve Americas goals |
Panama Canal | human made waterway connecting atlantic and pacific |
Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelts reassertion to keep the W Hemishpere free from intervention |
Dollar Diplomacy | Presd. Tafts policy of expanding Americas investments aboard |
Moral Diplomacy | woodrow wilsons statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world but use human rightshuma |